David DeJesus was hit twice in the seventh inning. He had to be the only Cub hoping they didn’t bat around again.

Before the Red Sox visited Wrigley Field last week,Theo Epstein refused to call his first Cubs team underachieving. Wait, Epstein expected a team that would have baseball’s worst record? Perhaps Epstein is not starting off as the best of talent evaluators or he tanked the season.

Epstein wouldn’t say these Cubs were underachieving because he believed it “would be disrespectful of the effort they’re putting,’’ which would seem to make the talent evaluation even worse or the tanking even more obvious.

Or maybe Epstein thinks it’s his manager’s fault.

Or maybe this is Epstein’s version of Tom Ricketts laughable comment that the only thing wrong with last year’s team was injuries.